Belizean Culture

As I've been meandering around Belize, I've taken notice to some of the cultural aspects that are seen often.  Almost everywhere I've been music has been present and they are very active in festivities.  Also, the entire town of San Pedro shut down during Easter.  Many businesses were closed during the day and it became a little difficult to locate food during breakfast and lunch.  The entire town is religious and everyone follows, what I assume, are the standard religious practices during this time, which is very different from the U.S.  There is also a large emphasis put on enjoying oneself with others around.  This includes dancing in the street, eating with others and having a good time.  This is interesting to see and it ties in very well with seeing how the students are.  While they do have a religious backing at home, they clearly like to be out and about and doing things with others whenever they can.  They'll meet up for meals at any point in the day and they do everything from playing soccer and volleyball to having dance parties in the street.  This should help me with working with the students.